A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance...
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating ...
A young woman's devotion to a childhood fantasy kingdom has taken over her entire life and causes her endless pain and degradation.
Placed in a mental hospital, she has the great good fortune to have a truly caring therapist who tries to help her accept reality, even though reality isn't so great either.